The harm of color protecting agent

Introduction: color fixative is one of the food additives What are the hazards of color fixative? Let's have a detailed understanding of Baibai safety net Color protecting agent is a kind of food additive It is a kind of chemical substance used to make its food bright in color It is widely used in food nowadays Many people don't know this color protecting agent very well, so what are the hazards of color protecting agent? Is color protecting agent harmful to human body? Let's go to Baibai safety net to understand According to the latest provisions of food additives, potassium nitrate, sodium nitrate, potassium nitrite and sodium nitrite can be added as color protectors (also known as hair color agents) according to the specified amount However, the nitrate and nitrite in the color protectors have a certain toxic effect on the human body The nitrate will be reduced to nitrite in the gastrointestinal tract When the human body takes a large amount of it, it will oxidize hemoglobin to methemoglobin, which will cause enterogenous cyanosis, nausea, vomiting, general weakness, skin cyanosis and other toxic symptoms In serious cases, coma, convulsion, respiratory failure and death will occur 。
Nitrite is also the precursor to form nitrosamine It can synthesize nitrosamine with amine in the stomach, which has potential carcinogenicity Therefore, the dosage of color fixative should be strictly controlled in meat products Through the above understanding, we know the harm of color protectors to human body You can use food safety detector to detect harmful substances before eating If you want to know more about food additives, you can go to Baibai safety net Editor in charge: he xianrob